Example sentences of "the [det] [noun sg] [vb mod] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The latter goal may be achieved either indirectly , through teachers ' attitudes , or , more directly , through the sex-segregation of play areas and particular activities . |
| 2 | This could be a formidable task in a society where even widely travelled soldiers firmly believed that Thomas Cook 's wagon-lits were the spearheads of the Third International since the latter word could be read in Cyrillic on the side of carriages . |
| 3 | The paragraph of section 82(1) under which the latter case could be brought was not identified . |
| 4 | On the true construction of section 82(1) there is not , in my opinion , any paragraph under which the latter case could be brought . |
| 5 | Different records might call the same man husbandman and yeoman , but as he progressed , the latter description would be used with increasing consistency . |
| 6 | The latter situation may be illustrated by examples of the use of the word cul , which can , as in Modern French , have a simple sense of " back " . |
| 7 | There are clearly strong links between the ideal of the rule of law and concepts of natural law , and many of the questions that we have already posed in the latter context could be reiterated here . |
| 8 | The latter sum would be transferred into the customer 's name for his use . |
| 9 | The church is domed over the nave and crossing ( though only the latter dome can be seen from the exterior as the others are covered by timber roofing ) and the chancel and transepts have barrel vaults . |
| 10 | I suggested that the latter point could be explained in part by reference to the change in the social composition of the electorate which had been in progress over the '60s . |
| 11 | The latter method may be preferred where , for cosmetic reasons , the parties wish to present the transaction as a " true " merger rather than one party taking over the other ; however , it is more unwieldy and expensive and is not often used where there is a risk of a competitive bid being made for either company . |
| 12 | In the latter class may be included not only those which deflect a river such as the spit at Shoreham , Sussex , and Orford Ness , but also the bars and spits which often form across bays . |
| 13 | In an ideal world , the top of the canister should be just below the bottom of the tank ; the greater the distance below , the less water will be pumped due to back-pressure . |
| 14 | The greater the preponderance of qualitative issues over quantitative issues , the more judgement will be needed in making decisions . |
| 15 | Others had not yet paid and the chairman stressed that the longer the delay , the more money would be needed . |
| 16 | The more people helping , the more money can be raised so anyone that can find the time to take a tin round and help get the message of conservation and WWF over to others please volunteer . |
| 17 | Remember , the more you support promotions like these , the more money will be raised for WWF ! |
| 18 | This demand for money is also likely to depend on national income : the higher the total value of transactions , the more money will be needed to guard against unexpected transactions . |
| 19 | The wider and more drastic the clause , the more care must be taken to bring it to the buyer 's attention . |
| 20 | We found then that the bigger the objective lens was the more light could be got and the bigger you could make it , so as I got bigger and got er the chance of making my own lenses and building up lenses of various kinds , I found that I could get quite a good magnification . |
| 21 | The former damage will be viewed as the result of ‘ destructive hooliganism ’ and dealt with accordingly , whilst the latter will be seen as arising from an excess of good-natured high spirits and over-enthusiasm . |
| 22 | A court order avoids the repayment of the discount on the transfer of a former council house ( see further this chapter ) and it is only by court order ( with the agreement of the parties ) that future claims against the estate of one party to the former marriage can be barred out ( see Chapter 11 ) . |
| 23 | The former reference can be thought of as a private sector illustration of financial accountability . |
| 24 | The former proposal could be seen as just a way of improving the quality of decision-making by the High Court when hearing judicial review applications . |
| 25 | The former approach may be regarded as paternalistic or a proper expression of public policy , and the latter as showing respect for the autonomy of the individual or as permitting the exploitation of the worker , depending on one 's point of view . |
| 26 | Expressions such as " to insure adequately " and " to insure to the full value of the property " should be amended as the former covenant could be complied with if the cover equates to that recommended by the insurance company , and the latter could be interpreted as meaning the full market value of the property and , as such , could be less than the cost of reinstatement . |
| 27 | When the island had sunk beneath the waves the former fringe would be left as an atoll . |
| 28 | Government agencies , local communities and conservation groups have agreed that 24 square kilometres of the former swamp should be given over to conservation and tourism . |
| 29 | To say that [ 18a ] and [ 18b ] are simply alternative ways of communicating the same message might be taken to suggest that the decision whether to make the assumption about house-warming parties explicit conveys nothing at all . |
| 30 | For example , the same message may be segmented differently in response to different questions : |